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Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís

Cultural World Heritage property in Costa Rica, inscribed in 2014 under criterion (iii).

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State Party
Costa Rica
Year of inscription
2014
Criteria
iii
Area of property
25 ha
Component parts
4 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1453 · Wikidata Q65114170

Why it is on the List

(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

81 kmTalamanca Range-La Amistad ReservesCosta Rica · 1983NaturalCoiba, Panama249 kmCoibaPanama · 2005NaturalArea de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site, Costa Rica314 kmArea de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage SiteCosta Rica · 1999Naturalfortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo, Panama428 kmfortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San LorenzoPanama · 1980CulturalArchaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá, Panama435 kmArchaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of PanamáPanama · 1997Cultural436 kmThe Colonial Transisthmian Route of PanamáPanama · 2025Cultural
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